The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 1, 1924
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 18
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.26° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.51° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.